I'm making my first wedding cake for Sat. and I'm having problems getting my fondant gold. When I searched the color charts it said 10 parts lemon yellow, 3 parts orange and 1 part Christmas red. I did that and it was more orange than gold.

I'm thinking I should paint the border with gold luster dust and vodka, but should I do that before placing on the cake or while it is on the cake.

I'm nervous about painting on the cake as some dust may get on the ivory fondant.

Could I mix luster dust in with the fondant, would that work?

I'm just getting really nervous now with the wedding on Sat. I just want the cakes to be great since it is for my youngest brothers wedding.

Any other tips you could give my would be greatly appreciated.
TIA


Would it be safe to transport a 4 tier cake fully assembled. 12,10,8,6. I'm in the wedding and I only have 30 min to set up the wedding cake and the grooms cake before I have to get ready. My husband will be driving so I can sit with the wedding cake and my son will be sitting with the grooms cake.

Dawn

Since you are short on time, I would do as much as I coud ahead of time, like getting your pearls painted. Just put a pc. of wax paper between the pearls and the cake to a make a shield between the dust/cake. You can pull it out when done.

I really don't like to give advice on how many layers can be transported safely.... that really depends on your support system. Personally, I dont' like to take more than two together, but that's just me I know many who do take them all together and do fine.

As far as the gold fondant, I've always mixed lemon yellow with orange, but there are many shades of gold...

Hope this helps. Best wishes.

Jen

I love Americolor Gold gel. It's worth it's weight in... well, you know. It's very similar to Winnie the Pooh gold. Great as a base color for painting with gold luster dust.

I agree with Jennifer regarding the wax paper. Since you're mixing with vodka, you shouldn't have much of a 'dust' problem. But, if any dust does land on the wax paper, remove it or rub it into the paper before you remove it. That way, you won't risk having the dust jump off the wax paper and onto your cake.

Also, you don't have to kill yourself trying to paint every single exposed part of the pearls. Just paint as much of the front and tops as you can. You can stop when you're 1/8" or less from the cake. If you color your base fondant a gold color, no one will notice that the luster doesn't cover the pearls 100%.

What do you mean by "sit with the cake"? The absolutely safest way to transport a cake is to place it on non-skid mat on a flat surface.

Please do not hold it in your lap (which I don't think would be possible unless you have a convertible! ).

What is the diameter of the base board? Reason I ask is because with only 2-inch differential between tiers (which I call 'rocket shape'), the cake itself is not terribly stable. A nice, wide board would prevent tipping.

If at all possible, leave a length of the center dowel sticking up out of the cake and hold onto it during transport to keep the cake from tipping. You ABSOLUTELY MUST wear a seatbelt!

If I understand correctly you are doing a gold pearl border. Are you using a pearl mold? If so, brush the pearl dust into the mold before you press the fondant in and when it comes out, all you have to do is apply it to the cake. No painting it on

Oops. Guess I didn't read closely enough

Cancel my previous post.

BTW Diane, thanks for the link and info on how to make loopy bows!

You can also make the pearls, let them dry a few minutes on a foam pad, then put them in a container with the dust and shake them up gently. I've done that before with pink pearls on a white cake and there was no dust falling off on the cake.

yeh i have done what texas_rose said about putting the pearls in a container with the gold dust and gently shaking, i did that and they came out nice and gold